CMA Intermediate · Business Laws and Ethics · Factories Act, 1948
Under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, which of the following enactments stands repealed from the date notified under section 1(2) of the Code?
The Factories Act, 1948 stands repealed under section 143(1) of the OSH Code, 2020, from the date notified under section 1(2). The Code subsumes it along with the Plantations Labour Act and others. The ESI Act and the General Clauses Act are not repealed by the Code.
- AThe Factories Act, 1948Correct
- BThe Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
- CThe Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
- DThe General Clauses Act, 1897
Explanation
Section 143(1) of the OSH Code lists the enactments that stand repealed, and the Factories Act, 1948 is the first one listed. The Employees' State Insurance Act is not repealed; section 92 of the Code in fact refers to it as an available health cover. The General Clauses Act continues to apply to the repeal under section 143(4).
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